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At Jackson, the skirmishers of the Fifty ninth were the first to enter the city; and at the Big Black River it formed the rear guard for the Seventeenth Corps, and was the last regiment to cross the bridge, which it destroyed. It then took position in line of battle in front of the rebel fortifications at Vicksburg, and in the assault of May 22 the regiment lost heavily, 126 being killed and wounded. Company A lost three killed, to wit, John A. Goodnight, John C. Jarvis and Emsley W. Vaughn. During the siege, it went up the Yazoo on an expedition, re- turning to Vicksburg June 4, where it remained until the glorious 4th of July, when the rebels surrendered the city.
The regiment remained at Vicksburg until September 13, 1863, when it embarked for Memphis by way of Helena. On the 5th of October, it proceeded by rail to Corinth; from there it went to Glendale. On the 19th of October, it began the march to Chattanooga, arriving there in time to participate in the victory of Mission Ridge. On the 17th of December, it began its return march, reaching Bridgeport, Ala., on the 18th, when it went into camp. Starting for Huntsville on December 23, it reached there on the 26th, and went into camp. At this place on the 1st of January, 1864, the Fifty-ninth re-enlisted as veterans. After re- turning from their furlough, granted in consequence of their re-enlist- ment, the Fifty. ninth arrived at Huntsville on the 22d of June. Start- ing for Kingston, Ga., it reached there July 1, and joined Gen. Sher- man's army then on the march to Atlanta. At the Etowah River, it guarded a bridge until the 26th of August, when it was ordered to Chat- tanooga. After arriving at that place on the 27th of August, it went on a four days' march after Wheeler's cavalry. On the 12th of November, it moved toward Atlanta, and on the 15th it began the historic march to the sea, through Georgia to Savannah. From Savannah, the regiment marched through the Carolinas to Raleigh, and from there to Washing- ton City. At Darlington, S. C., on the 3d day of March, 1865, John McClun, of Company A, was killed in a skirmish with the rebels. At Washington the regiment participated in the grand review at the close of hostilities, in which 200,000 soldiers, heroes of so many marches and battles, participated.
The regiment was sent from Washington to Louisville, where, on the 17th day of July, 1865, it was mustered out of the service, after having traveled perhaps more miles than almost any regiment in the war.
Capt. Thomas A. McNaught of Company A was successively promoted to Major, Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel of the regiment.
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The following is a list of the officers and men from Owen County who served in Company A, Fifty-ninth Indiana:
Captains-Thomas A. McNaught, promoted Colonel; James E. Hy- den, commissioned May 1, 1862.
First Lieutenants -- James W. Archer, promoted Adjutant; James E. Hyden, promoted Captain.
Second Lieutenants -- James E. Hyden, promoted; John M. Padgett, commissioned June 1, 1865.
First Sergeant-Abraham Slaugh.
Sergeants-Benjamin F. Darnley, William P. Mounts, William A. Bartholomew, La Fayette Jessup.
Corporals-Jacob Everly, Robert Kerr, Alfred D. Fate, Eben D. E. Dyar, John W. Padgett, William J. Robertson, John A. Spear, Obed Wittaker.
Musicians-Andrew H. Kane, Alpheus Dillon.
Wagoner-Joseph McIlhaney.
Privates-William H. Adams, George W. Akers, George S. Auten, John D. Auten, Isaac Barns, Foster Benjamin, Edward D. S. Bonewell, Elisha Branam, Dittalon K. Bonewell, Milton Branam, Jesse C. Birch, Andrew S. Campbell, Thomas Cassida, Levin J. Cottingham, John C. Criss, George J. Criss, Levi D. Criss, Joseph M. Crosser, Henry Davis, Benjamin F. Dyar, George W. Dyar, George Dyar, Thomas J. Dyar, William W. Dyar, Jacob V. Forrester, Jacob Fiscus, Ebenezer Fiscus, James G. Foley, Joseph L. Franklin, Nimrod Fender, Thomas M. Franklin, Esau J. Filer, Martin L. Fritz, George W. Gaston, John A. Goodnight, Joseph M. Gregory, Harrison J. Griffith, George F. Griffith, James N. Hill, Harvey D. Hall, Wiley D. Haltom, Sedley Harger, James F. Henry, John C. Jarvis, James Jordan, David Kent, John M. Logan, James W. McIndoo, Joseph McIndoo, John McClure, Stephen D. Me- daris, Albert W. Middleton, John S. Milam, William B. Mills, John W. Miller, Edmund Mustaw, Calvin F. Nations, William Noel, John W. O'Daniel, Jonathan B. Osborn, Samuel D. Pochin, Perry M. Porter, Charles Sanders, David Scott, Daniel Spear, Jacob A. J. Speece, Fran- cis A. Smith, Addison Spear, Albert P. Talley, James W. Tate, James I. Taylor, Charles M. Taylor, Andrew J. Tipton, Robert Thomas, Henry Troth, Nathan Troth, Emsley W. Vaughn, James Welch, Harvey Wells, James West.
Recruits-John R. Byrum, James M. Cash, John H. Cash, William H. Duncan, Elijah Hogean, Butler Kerr, William S. Kerr, John M. Mc- Indoo, John McIntosh, Jasper N. Massey, Israel Sell, Oliver Scott. Ayers H. Winters, William H. Winters, Sylvester S. Winters, Isaiah P. Winters. Company F, Seventy-first Indiana (Sixth Cavalry) .- The Seventy- first Indiana Regiment was organized at Terre Haute in the months of July and August, 1862, with Melville D. Topping, Lieutenant Colonel. Early in August, Alfred Dyar, assisted by Andrew J. Rockwell, Eli C. McMillen and Levi S. Johnson, of Spencer, commenced recruiting a company in Owen County, which was attached to the Seventy-first Indi- ana as Company F, and was mustered into the service at Indianapolis on the 18th day of August, 1862. At that time, the rebels, under Kirby Smith, were invading Kentucky, and the Seventy-first was at once sent to assist in repelling them. On the 30th, it was engaged in the battle of Richmond, where it had desperate fighting. The regiment lost 215 killed and wounded, and 347 prisoners. Among the killed were Mel-
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ville D. Topping, Lieutenant Colonel, and Maj. Conklin. Company F had a long list of killed, which shows the bloody character of the fight, and the brave resistance made to a superior force on that unfortunate day. The following Owen County soldiers were killed in Company F at Richmond, August 30, 1862: William D. Dunivan, Andrew G. Auten, Elijah J. Bivans, James Deem, Thomas D. Fields, Noel Johnson, Eli Nations and Josiah Sheppard. This shows the heaviest loss sus- tained by any company which went from Owen County in a single en- gagement. The officers and men, being nearly all' captured at Richmond, were paroled, and the regiment returned to Terre Haute, where it was re- organized and fitted for service. Capt. James Biddle, of the regular army, was made Colonel.
After they were exchanged, the regiment again left for the seat of war in Kentucky. On the 27th day of December, 1862, 400 officers and men of the regiment were sent to Muldraugh's Mill to guard a trestle work, and on the following day were attacked by a superior force of the enemy. After a severe engagement of an hour and a half, the regiment was surrounded and captured. The force against them numbered 1,000 men, under the command of John H. Morgan. The regiment, under parole, then returned to Indianapolis, where it remained until the 26th day of August, 1863.
On the 23d day of February, 1863, while at Indianapolis, under order of the War Department, the Seventy-first was mounted, and from that time was known as the Sixth Indiana Cavalry. It was then sent into East Tennessee, and was engaged in the siege of Knoxville, and in the active operations against Gen. Longstreet, on the Holton and Clinch Rivers.
In the spring of 1864, it was ordered to Mount Sterling, Ky., to be re-mounted, and was afterward stationed at Nicholasville, Ky.
On the 29th day of April, 1864, it left that place for the purpose of joining Gen. Sherman's army, which it did at Dalton, Ga., on the 11th of May. It was assigned to the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Ohio, commanded by Gen. Stoneman. During the Atlanta campaign the regiment participated in the cavalry operations in the battles of Resaca, Cassville, Kenesaw Mountain and other engagements. It aided in the capture of Altoona Pass, and was the first to possess and raise the flag of the Union on Lost Mountain.
On the 27th day of July, 1864, it started with Gen. Stoneman on his great raid to Macon, Ga., and lost largely in killed, wounded and missing.
On the 28th day of August, the regiment was sent back to Nashville. On the 24th day of September, it left Nashville with Croxton's cavalry division to help drive Forrest from East Tennessee. The command was gone twenty-one days, having driven Forrest to Florence and Waterloo, Ala. At Pulaski, the regiment lost twenty-three men in killed and wounded.
On the 1st of November, the regiment proceeded by rail to Dalton, Ga., but returned to Nashville in time to take part in the battle of Nash- ville December 3, 1864, and, after the defeat of Hood joined in the pur- suit of his retreating army. Returning to Nashville, it remained there until April 1, 1865. when it moved to Pulaski.
On the 17th of June, 1865, the portion of the regiment whose term would expire on the 1st day of October following, was mustered out, and
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the remainder consolidated with the recruits of the Fifth Calvary, and the new organization was still called the Sixth Cavalry. Courtland C. Matson was the Colonel. It remained in the service in Middle Tennes- see until September 15, 1865, when it was mustered out at Murfreesboro.
The following is a full list of the officers and men who served in Company F, Seventy-first (Sixth Cavalry) Indiana:
Captains-Alfred Dyar, died December 4, 1862; Andrew J. Rock- well, resigned January 13, 1863; Eli C. McMillan, mustered out June 27,1865.
First Lieutenants-Andrew J. Rockwell, promoted Captain; Eli C. McMillen, promoted Captain; George W. Davis, mustered out June 27, 1865.
Second Lieutenants-Eli C. McMillan, promoted First Lieutenant; L. Smith Johnson, mustered out June 27, 1865.
First Sergeant-Joseph W. Neely.
Sergeants-L. Smith Johnson, Samuel Fields, Thomas H. Myers, William D. Dunivan.
Corporals-Harrison Fairleigh, Richard Marksbury, Hiram P. Deem, Elijah M. Lambaugh, Jesse D. Pickard, George W. Davis, William D. Moore, John R. Harrold.
Musicians-Alfred Coffey, Dennison Pruett.
Privates-Andrew G. Auton, John W. Buskirk, Stephen Barnes Thomas J. Barnes, Samuel Bond, John G. Bumler, Elijah J. Bivans, Asa B. Blankenship, Thomas Brant, James P. Caton, Enoch L Church, Daniel Campbell, Andrew J. Camden, Elijah D. Clawson, Henry Crist, David Close, John S. Cornelius, William T. Cain, Albert Dyar, Albert W. Dyar, Armstead Dyar, Samuel Decker, James Deem, Thomas Dell, Nathaniel Fields, Thomas D. Fields, William Filsow, John S. Foley, James Filbert, Jonathan Graham. John Gurney, George Grandstaff, William H. Humble, David Humble, Jacob Humble, Samuel C. Huber, Sylvanus Harland, Alfred P. Horis, Elbert F. Harrold, John C. Howe, Sydney Hedrick, Samuel Hubbard, James C. Hatton, Richard C. Hatton, James Jennings, Noel Johnson, Luther Kall, Thomas Keelin, Alexander H. Lacy, Jasper Light, John K. Law, George W. Mayfield, Thomas Norris, Eli Nations, John W. Nations, Lewis Norman, Amos Niehart, Jefferson Philips, Andrew J. Pittman, Francis M. Ritter, Jacob B. Ras- ler, Job C. Rader, James E. Reynolds, Joseph Sell, John Shidler, Josiah Sheppard, David M. Snyder, Cornelius H. Sink, William W. Slater, William V. Scott, John M. Stewart, William D. Thrasher, William H. Wisehert, Finley L. Wilson, James W. Ward, Aaron Wark, Emanuel Wark, Nicholas Willard, Nathan B. Watson.
Recruits-Washington Annwood, John R. Babhs, George H. Babbs, David W. Carr, John C. Cummings, Nelson S. Coats, James T. Crosser, James Hancock, John E. Henseley, Daniel E. Janett, Anderson Kates, Elijah Lawburg, Thomas J. McIntosh. Jolin May, John M. McAllister, John Q. Patrick, Newton S. Padgett.
Companies B, F and H, Ninety-seventh Indiana .- In the months of August and September, 1862, three companies were recruited in Owen County. James Watts, assisted by Luther Wolfe, recruited a company in the northwestern part of the county; James Robinson, assisted by James S. Meek and Joseph P. White, recruited a company mostly in western Owen, and Zachariah Dean recruited a company in southwestern Owen. These three companies were attached to the Ninety-seventh Indiana.
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Company B was organized by the selection of James Watts as Cap. tain; Luther Wolfe, as First Lieutenant, and John Dalgam as Second Lieutenant.
Company F was organized by the selection of Zachariah Dean as Captain: George Elliott, as First Lieutenant, and John Dickinson as Second Lieutenant.
Company H was organized by the selection of James Robinson as Captain; James S. Meek, First Lieutenant; and Joseph P. White as Sec- ond Lieutenant. The regiment was mustered into the service on the 20th day of September, 1862, at Terre Haute, with Robert F. Catterson as Colonel.
In a short time after its muster, the regiment was ordered to Mem- phis, Tenn., where it was attached to the Seventeenth Army Corps. It accompanied Gen. Grant's movement toward Vicksburg, but the disaster at Holly Springs rendered it unsuccessful. Returning to Moscow, Tenn., it remained there until it joined Sherman's army in the rear of Vicks- burg, near the Big Black River, watching the rebel Gen. Johnston, who, with a large force, was threatening the investing lines of the Union army at Vicksburg. After the surrender of Vicksburg, July 4, 1863, the regiment went to near Jackson, which, after some fighting, the enemy evacuated, and our army entered on the 16th of July. At Jackson, on the 16th of July, Isaac Creech, of Company B, was killed.
The Ninety-seventh then moved, in September, to Memphis, and on the 27th of October reached Tuscumbia, Ala. Making a forced march of 400 miles, during which the soldiers suffered great hardships, it crossed the Tennessee River, and took part in the battle of Chattanooga on the 25th of November.
After the battle of Chattanooga, the army of Gen. Sherman moved to the relief of Gen. Burnside in East Tennessee. The Ninety-seventh marched with the column over 100 miles. It then returned with its corps to Scottsboro, Ala., and remained there until the opening of the Atlanta campaign in May, 1864.
On the 14th and 15th days of May, the regiment was engaged in the battle of Resaca, which resulted in the defeat and retreat of the rebels during the night following. Following the retreating rebels, and cross- ing the river at Lay's Ferry, he was again encountered on the 27th at Dallas, and repulsed after a hard fight, in which the Ninety-seventh bore a part.
On the 1st day of June, another sharp affair took place with the rebels at New Hope Church, and again on the 15th at Big Shanty. On the 27th of June, an assault was made on the enemy's works on Kenesaw Mountain, which resulted disastrously to our arms. James L. Strong, of Company B, William H. Johnson and George Smith, of Company H, and William F. Moore and Francis M. Fulk, of Company F, were killed in this battle.
Finally, arriving before the enemy's lines at Atlanta on the 28th of July, Logan's Fifteenth Corps, to which the Ninety seventh was then at- tached, formed the extreme right flank of the Union army. At 12 M. of that day, the rebel army sallied forth from Atlanta, and made a desper- ate dash against the Fifteenth Corps, hoping to crush it. It was gallant- ly hurled back in great confusion by Logan's veterans; but rallying, he made a still more determined attack in the afternoon. After a sanguin- ary struggle, the rebels were utterly routed and fell back to their in- trenchments.
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William P. Beem and William Bode, of Company H, and John R. Goff and Matson Morris, of Company F, were killed in this battle.
The Ninety-seventh was actively engaged in the vicinity of Atlanta from August until the 12th day of November, 1864.
On that day it started with the right wing of Sherman's army in the great march to the sea. During that glorious march, the Ninety-seventh bore its full share of the hardships and enjoyed the exciting scenes of that march, which will render it immortal in history and in song.
Arriving with the army at Savannah on the 21st day of December, it rested there a short time and again moved forward with Sherman through the Carolinas, and was present at the capture of Columbia on the 15th day of February, 1865, and also at the battle of Bentonville on the 21st of March. It then moved by way of Goldsboro, N. C., and Richmond, Va., to Washington City, where it participated in the grand review, and was mustered out on the 9th day of June, 1865, and arrived at Indian- apolis on the 13th, whence the officers and soldiers went to their respect- ive homes, once more citizens of a glorious Republic they had helped to save.
-4 Below is a list of the officers and men of Company B, Ninety-seventh Indiana:
Captains-James Watts, resigned and discharged; Luther Wolfe, January 1, 1865.
First Lieutenant-Luther Wolfe, promoted Captain.
Second Lieutenants-John Dalgam, died of wounds; Andrew Coffman, mustered out with regiment.
First Sergeant-Thomas Mills.
Sergeants-Wesley Cheatwood, J. N. Hawkins, John J. Meek, Jesse Anderson.
Corporals . - Isaac Creech, William B. Parker, Jacob Huffman, Freder- ick Frank, William Coffman, Francis M. Watts, Columbus C. Creech, John Harrison.
Musicians-Charles Triche, Isom Head.
Wagoner-James S. Watts.
Privates-Calvin Anderson, Jesse E. Aley, Robertson Burge, Jason W. Brown, Alvin' Beaman, Phenis Busby, Michael Bledsoe, Andrew J. Coffman, Benjamin Cray, Dennis R. Cochran, Jefferson Cheatwood, Daniel P. Campbell, Abner Duncan, Jeremiah Dalgarn, Stephen Drake, Silas E. Deem, Stephen B. Dubley, Samuel H. Draper, James H. Floyd, Robert Y. Fain, Wiley M. Fraker, Louis Fisher, William Gaston, Ala. manzo Hapenny, Isaac W. Haltom, James Hinton, Moses Hewett, Pleas- ant M. Haltom, Lemuel F. Hammond, John Jenkins, James Jenkins, Jonathan Jones, John Keene, Anderson Keene, Isaac Kelum, Jefferson Kelum, William Kuhns, Alfred K. Keller, John Leonard, John L. Lehr, Joshua Linner, Henry F. Meek, George W. Meek, Leonard R. Mace, John McCullough, Andrew D. Nelson, David A. Nees, David M. Nelson, Samuel M. Nees, William L. Nichison, John Ogle, Abijah E. Porter, Valentine Redding, Henry G. Ritter, Charles C. Richardson, Henry H. Stevens, James L. Strong, Jeremiah Skelton, Thomas Surguy, Buren Van Horn, Ralph Van Horn, Simpson D. Watts, Andrew Wright, Levi Wolf, George W. Watts, James H. Young.
Recruits-Jacob M. Gard, Ephraim Welty.
The following is a list of the officers and men who served in Company H of the Ninety-seventh Indiana:
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Captains-James Robinson, died September 1, 1863; James S. Meek, mustered out with regiment.
First Lieutenants-James S. Meek, promoted Captain; Joseph P. White, mustered out with regiment.
Second Lieutenants-Joseph P. White, promoted to First Lieutenant; Samuel Hancock, mustered out as First Sergeant.
First Sergeant-William H. Johnson.
Sergeants-Samuel Hancock, Samuel J. Phillips, William Davis, Michael Everly.
Corporals- Cyrus Marshall, Joseph C. Lenhart, John W. Thomas, James Hillegras, Lawrence Weatherwax, Silas A. Leek, John M. Taylor, Jacob N. Lukenbill.
Musicians-William H. Luckenbill, John W. Skeggs.
Privates-William P. Beem. George W. Boon, Louis W. Bolling, James Baker, Andrew Bush, William Bode, George Booth, Jonathan Branam, Linsey Cline, Philip Carpenter, Thomas Coan, John H. Close, Jonathan Criss, William A. Clark, James F. Dickey, William N. David- son, James Devore, Wiley E. Dittemore, Daniel W. Dippert, Peter Eicke, Henry H. Edwards, Jacob Fiscus, John W. Faulker, William Faulkner, Pleasant Franklin, James C. Gillespie, Newton B. Gray, Phil- lip Gonser, John H. Hayman, Gabriel Hostetler, Richard T. Hardin, John Hout, Timothy A. Harman, Mathias Huller, John J. Hout, Samuel Hillegras, Peter M. Hostetler, Elias Hoover, John Hair, William Jarvis, James Johnson, George K. Kefaubre, Jacob Kefaubre, John M. Kitch, Joseph H. Kirk, Jacob Klingler, William C. Leek, David Lorner, Man- nasses Miller, John H. McHenry, John J. Moyer, Jacob F. Myer, Abel Miller, Alexander D. Murphy, Joseph C. Nice, Jacob Nihart, George Runnion, Jacob Stickles, Emanuel Shultz, Jacob H. Stantz, John B. Sell, John J. Stantz, George Smith, John Stewart, William Shirt, Samuel Tipton, Willis G. Wood, Hiram R. Wells, Earnest Wadsock, John S. Willard, John C. Wharton.
The following is a list of the officers and men who served in Com- pany F, Ninety-seventh Indiana:
Captains-Zachariah Dean, died August 7, 1863; George Elliott, mus- tered out with regiment.
First Lieutenants-George Elliott, promoted Captain; Isaac M. Dar- nell, mustered out with regiment.
Second Lieutenants-John Dickinson, died January 12, 1863; Isaac M. Darnell, promoted First Lieutenant; Samuel Fritz, mustered out with regiment.
First Sergeant-Isaac M. Darnell.
Sergeants-William W. Crane, William F. Moore, Samuel Dickinson, Abram H. Cornelius.
Corporals-Samuel Fritz, Thomas McIndoo, George T. Heaton, Lo- renzo D. Light, George M. Griffith, John McIndoo, Thomas R. Jean.
Musicians- Jasper Osborn, David McCoy.
Wagoner-Jacob Slough.
Privates-Absalom Antibus, Obediah Arney, Leonard Barton, William Baker, Adam Conder, Solomon Conder, Fenton Dean, John Deberry, William G. Dean, William Decker, Collin C. Duling, Thomas Dyar, Samuel L. Dvar, James M. Dyar, Edward W. Fitch, Daniel Firebaugh, David E. Fulk, Emanuel Fulk, Francis M. Fulk, Thomas H. Glover, John R. Goff, Elmond Goodenough, Samuel P. Griffith, Abraham Hars-
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tine, Isaiah Haton, John Haton, Richard Haton, Jefferson C. Haton, William R. Haton, Alexander C. Haton, Legrande B. Herod, Edward Hines, Joseph S. Holley, Jackson Horn, Henry E. Hubble, James Huff- man, Abraham Landis, Fountain Light, James M. Martin, George Miller, Matson Morris, Michel Morris, Samuel Morris, William Morris, William H. H. McCollum, Phillip Mckinnon, Alvis M. Newsom, Jud Philbert, Alexander H. Reed, Richard M. Reed, George W. Robertson, James F. Sapp, John A. Sinclair, Andrew J. Shisar, John G. Shryer, Noah Stantz, James T. Starnes, John J. Terry, George Trent, Daniel Williams, Josiah Williams, John Wise, Isaac Workman.
Company G, One Hundred and Fifteenth Indiana .- In the month of June, 1863, a call was made by the President for a number of six months' regiments. In response to that call, Harrison Woodsmall, assisted by H. O. Halbert and W. L. Thompson, recruited a company in Owen County. The company was organized by the selection of Harrison Wood- small, Captain; Harrison O. Halbert, First Lieutenant; and William L. Thompson, Second Lieutenant.
Woodsmall and Thompson had been private soldiers in Company H, Fourteenth Indiana, and both had been discharged on account of wounds received at the bloody battle of Antietam the previous September. On arrival at Indianapolis, the company was attached to the One Hundred and Fifteenth Indiana, and Woodsmall having been appointed Major, Halbert succeeded him as Captain of Company G.
The regiment was mustered into the service on the 17th day of Au- gust, 1863, and on the 16th of September it was ordered to the front. At Nicholasville, Ky., it joined the command of O. B. Wilcox, then on the way to East Tennessee.
On the 24th day of September. the regiment moved from Nicholas- ville for Cumberland Gap, passing through Crab Orchard, Mount Vernon and Barboursville, Ky., and the Gap on the 3d of October. Remaining there until the 6th, it marched southward, passing through Tazewell, and crossing Clinch River, Clinch Mountains and Holston River, and reach- ing Morristown on the 8th. On the 10th, the regiment reached Blue Springs, where the enemy was engaged, and driven from his position on a commanding hill and pursued some fifteen miles.
From this point the regiment moved to Greenville, where it remained until the 6th of November, when it marched to Bull's Gap. Here they remained a considerable period, and were engaged in fortifying the place. While at that place the soldiers suffered greatly for want of food and clothing, and endured serious hardships and exposures.
During the winter, the One Hundred and Fifteenth was kept on duty in the mountains of East Tennessee, marching, almost shoeless much of the time, over the rough and stony roads.
It was returned to Indianapolis and discharged on the 16th day of February, 1864. Although the company had not been called to do much hard fighting, it still bore an important part in the general service, and many of its men were disabled by disease.
The following are the names of the officers and men who served in Company G, One Hundred and Fifteenth Indiana:
Captains-Harrison Woodsmall, promoted Major; Harrison O. Hal- bert, mustered out with regiment.
First Lieutenants-Harrison O. Halbert, promoted Captain; William L. Thompson, mustered out with regiment.
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